Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Drugs

Deputies were first alerted to the farm on June 30 when a man, Pedro GuerreroGutierrez, 27, approached two young girls just outside of Panguitch attemptingto take their cellphone. At the time, Gutierrez had a loaded handgun at hisside, but when other girls approached the scene, he ran.

When policefound him nearby, Gutierrez was covered in pine gum, which led officers tosuspect a nearby marijuana farm.

Of course, ICE was missing in action.

Gutierrez is a Mexican national and is being charged for carrying the loadedhandgun when he approached the girls. He is currently being held without bail.

But Mexico and other third world nations are concerned about profiling, not drug dealing.

Mexico says it wants to defend its citizens' rights and that the law would leadto racial profiling and hinder trade and tourism. It also says the law wouldhinder work against drug trafficking and related violence.